ADDRESS INFORMATION-EXCHANGE SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER APPARATUS, ADDRESS INFORMATION-EXCHANGE METHOD, AND ADDRESS INFORMATION-EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Abstract

The present invention relates to address-information changing and allows for changing automatically address information registered with a communication destination. Upon receiving a change notification transmitted from a communication terminal device including a mobile phone or the like with changed profile information, address information relating to a source-communication terminal device is changed in a destination-communication terminal device including another mobile phone or the like and a response notification indicating a result of the change is transmitted. Subsequently, the communication terminal device with the changed profile information can change the address information of the communication destination and confirm the changing of the address information. Further, the address information can be changed automatically and the changing can be confirmed automatically.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an address information-exchange system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows the details on processing procedures performed in the address information-exchange system;

FIG. 3 also shows the details on the processing procedures performed in the address information-exchange system;

FIG. 4 shows an example configuration of a mobile phone;

FIG. 5 shows an example of a mobile phone;

FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of a server apparatus;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of processing procedures performed, so as to change data registered with the mobile phone;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of processing procedures performed, so as to make settings on profile-information transmission;

FIG. 9 shows a menu-setting screen;

FIG. 10 shows a profile information-transmission setting screen;

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart showing an example of processing procedures performed, so as to change address information;

FIG. 12 shows a dialogue screen produced upon receiving the profile information;

FIG. 13 shows an address information-change sequence performed between mobile phones via a server apparatus;

FIG. 14 shows an address information-exchange system according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 shows a personal-digital assistant (PDA) according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 16 shows a personal computer (PC) according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. An address information-exchange system comprising: a first communication terminal device configured to transmit a change notification indicating that profile information is changed;a second communication terminal device configured to change address information of the first communication terminal device on the basis of the profile information and transmit a response notification about the changed address information; anda server apparatus configured to transmit the change notification of the first communication terminal device to the second communication terminal device, receive the response notification of the second communication terminal device, and transmit the response notification to the first communication terminal device.

2. A communication terminal device comprising: a profile-information storage unit configured to store profile information;an address information-storage unit configured to store address information about a communication destination;a transmission unit configured to transmit a change notification of address information of the communication destination in case where the profile information is changed; anda transmission-control unit configured to make the transmission unit transmit the change notification of the address information, until a response notification is received, where the response notification relates to changing of the address information of the communication destination.

3. A communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the transmission-control unit makes the transmission unit transmit the change notification of the address information at predetermined time intervals and/or a predetermined number of times.

4. A communication terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising a display unit configured to show information, wherein the display unit produces a dialogue screen adapted to ask about time intervals and/or a number of times the change notification is transmitted, so as to receive information about the time intervals and/or the number of times.

5. A server apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a change notification of profile information, where the change notification is transmitted from a first communication terminal device, and/or a response notification transmitted from a second communication terminal device corresponding to the first communication terminal device, where the response notification relates to changing of address information; anda transmission unit configured to transmit the change notification transmitted from the first communication terminal device to the second communication terminal device and/or transmit the response notification transmitted from the second communication terminal device to the first communication terminal device.

6. The server apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a storage unit configured to store information indicating whether or not a destination-communication terminal device can change address information in response to the change notification; anda control unit configured to make the transmission unit transmit a response notification to the first communication terminal device on the basis of the information stored in the storage unit upon receiving the change notification transmitted from the first communication terminal device.

7. An address information-exchange method comprising: processing adapted to transmit a change notification of address information of a communication destination in case where profile information is changed; andprocessing adapted to transmit the change notification of the address information, until a response notification is received, where the response notification relates to changing of the address information of the communication destination.

8. An address information-exchange method according to claim 7, further comprising: processing adapted to determine time intervals and/or number of times the change notification is transmitted; andprocessing adapted to transmit the change notification of the address information at the determined time intervals and/or the determined number of times.

9. An address information-exchange method according to claim 7, further comprising: processing adapted to produce a dialogue screen adapted to ask about time intervals and/or number of times the change notification is transmitted; andprocessing adapted to receive information about the time intervals and/or the number of times.

10. An address information-exchange program executed by a computer, the program comprising the steps of: transmitting a notification relating to changing of address information of a communication destination in case where profile information is changed; andtransmitting the change notification of the address information, until a response notification is received, where the response notification relates to the changing of the address information of the communication destination.

11. An address information-exchange program according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of: determining time intervals and/or number of times the change notification is transmitted; andtransmitting the change notification of the address information at the determined time intervals and/or the determined number of times.

12. An address information-exchange program according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of: producing a dialogue screen adapted to ask about time intervals and/or number of times the change notification is transmitted; andreceiving information about the time intervals and/or the number of times.